Shreveport, Louisiana vs. Reading, Pennsylvania

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Health
  16.1% higher in Reading, Pennsylvania
than in Shreveport, Louisiana
   Insurance cost
Shreveport, LAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Insurance Premium82.3114.6100  39.2%
   Procedure & surgery cost
Shreveport, LAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack92.795100  2.5%
Heart Failure103.1101.1100  1.9%
Hip Knee Replacement106.696.5100  9.5%
Pneumonia100100.4100  0.4%
   Cost of Major Procedures (includes doctors & hospital stay)
Shreveport, LAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
Heart Attack Hospital$21,390$21,911$23,281  2.4%
Heart Failure Hospital$16,568$16,247$16,237  1.9%
Hip Knee Replacement Hospital$23,593$21,368$22,499  9.4%
Pneumonia Hospital$16,810$16,879$17,007  0.4%
   Premium Increases (State Level)
Shreveport, LAReading, PAU.S. AvgDifference
2014-20155.5%-1.7%3.1%  130.9%
2015-20168.6%10.6%12.5%  23.3%
2016-201717.0%52.3%57.9%  207.6%
2017-201814.8%45.2%19.0%  205.4%
2018-2019-4.2%-15.8%-2.2%  276.2%
Since 201447.4%102.5%113.3%  116.2%
   Health Insurance Premiums
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